The troll had always blamed himself, he'd always said it was his fault for what happened to her, but it never was, never had been. He never exactly knew what had happened to her, he'd been fighting agains the manipulation, trying to regain his own mind. He'd done so, but too late. When he came to, his head ached and he found his 3D-colored glasses on the ground. he'd dropped to his knees, stroking the side of her face with his gray hand. he slid a hand under her back, propping her up in his arms, her body limp. He could hear the thunder, the rain beginning to pour down and dampen his clothes and hair. He moved a strand of the girl's midnight locks from her face in hope to get some kind of movement from her. "Aradia?" he spoke gently, cupping her cheek in his hand. "Aradia? Wake up.." his voice cracked, olive-colored tears evident in his heterochromiatic eyes.
The troll could feel the pinpricks at his eyes, the tears threatening to fall as he begged, "Pleathe, you can't leave me!" His lisp made the words seem odd, but still yet holding their meaning and emotion easily. The tears fell from his eyes, the olive color falling onto the girl's cheeks and rolling off her face just the same. He knew he wouldn't be able to bring her back, he knew it all too well. He shook his head as if to banish the thought that Aradia was gone for good. "I'm sorry," he murmured, pulling her closer to him. He didn't care if her maroon blood got on his clothes or if she wouldn't return the gesture, he just wanted her back.
Sollux felt a light breeze, a coolness settling against his back, as though someone was leaning against him, arms draped over his shoulders. The troll didn't say anything, a type of light whistle of wind playing past his ear.
The voice was like a whisper. It was alien to him, the words seemingly hollow. "Sorry about everything," she said, "and all the bad luck you've had." Sollux could feel her arms around him tighten slightly, as if to prove her point. "You didn't deserve it."
The young man brought his hands to rest on her not-quite-there arm, "Where are you going?" he asked, afraid to look back just to have her disappear.
The Aries answered, uncertainty in her voice, "I'm not sure."
"Will I see you again?" asked the Gemini.
The girl didn't answer, rather wrote a "0_0" in the mud in front of him. "I wish," she said, "I could make that emoticon smile." She smeared the face and drew another, "0u0" this time. She sighed, "No, that looks stupid..." she murmured, "Oh well," she said. "Goodbye, Sollux." She paused, placing a cool kiss on his cheek, "I love you."